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<p>Naming files README is no fun.

<h2>How to use this?</h2>

<p>Look at the top part of datebook.php and optionally change some things.

<p>Upload datebook.php to a web server with PHP

<p>Schedule or manually upload from the windows machine you sync your PDA the datebook.dat file. for example: C:\Program Files\palmOne\&lt;Hot Sync ID&gt;\datebook\datebook.dat

<p>If you didn't look at the top of the datebook.php, use a URL like http://www.example.com/&lt;dir&gt;/datebook.php/all.ics

<h2>Syncing Palm Desktop data with Webserver</h2>
Note: File -> Save All (Ctrl+S) looks nice if you edit data on the desktop
<p>Since Windows 95, "Scheduled Tasks" has been available in windows.
<br />It's not hidden:
Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks
<br />If you like categories or are lazy:
Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> Scheduled Tasks

<p><img src="../shots/XP_ScheduledTasks.png">
<!--Horray for wizards! Click Next.
<br /><img src="../shots/XP_ScheduledTaskWizard02.png">
<br />This screen asks to select a program, select Command Prompt if you plan to copy to a network drive, or &lt;not done&gt;.
<br /><img src="../shots/XP_ScheduledTaskWizard03.png">
<br />Select Daily and then name the task something that makes sense, it's so you know what task to pick when you need to make changes.
<br />When to run this task depends on when you hotsync your Palm Pilot.-->

<p>Follow the wizard, selecting Command Prompt and naming the task something sensible like "Copy Palm info to Server". Running the task daily when the computer will probably be on makes most sense.

<p>Now right click the item you just created and select properties, the real settings can be set. To copy to a network share:
<br>C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /C copy "C:\Program Files\palmOne\Kyle\datebook\datebook.dat" "X:\public_html\Palm\datebook.dat"
<br>Or to ssh to a remote host:
<br><a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html">C:\windows\pscp.exe</a> -pw somepassword "C:\Program Files\palmOne\Kyle\datebook\datebook.dat" sshusername@sshhost.com:datebook.dat
<br>I put pscp.exe in C:\windows as I know I wont accidentally delete it or reorganize it to somewhere else.
<br>An ftpput option would be nice

<h2>Birthdays</h2>
<pre>php address.php birthdays > birthdays.txt   [ OR ]
wget http://.../address.php/birthdays.ics -O birthdays.txt</pre>
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